Joe Lawlor
@joelawlorph.bsky.social
I am the health and human services reporter for the Press Herald in Maine.
Congrats! I have to admit, I have little comprehension of what he did, but I'm sure it's impressive LOL www.pressherald.com/2025/11/19/g...
Greely grad makes quantum computing discovery
Christopher Gilbert, of Cumberland, found the smallest known set of quantum gates, enabling more accurate quantum computing.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Congrats! I have to admit, I have little comprehension of what he did, but I'm sure it's impressive LOL www.pressherald.com/2025/11/19/g...
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The ACA did 3 big things in the insurance market:
1. Guaranteed access irrespective of pre-existing conditions.
2. Required benefits like maternity and mental health, and prohibited lifetime and annual limits.
3. Provided tax credits to help people afford insurance.
1. Guaranteed access irrespective of pre-existing conditions.
2. Required benefits like maternity and mental health, and prohibited lifetime and annual limits.
3. Provided tax credits to help people afford insurance.
November 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The ACA did 3 big things in the insurance market:
1. Guaranteed access irrespective of pre-existing conditions.
2. Required benefits like maternity and mental health, and prohibited lifetime and annual limits.
3. Provided tax credits to help people afford insurance.
1. Guaranteed access irrespective of pre-existing conditions.
2. Required benefits like maternity and mental health, and prohibited lifetime and annual limits.
3. Provided tax credits to help people afford insurance.
If you spend too much time in a negative online culture, you might forget about how kind and giving many people are. Count the owners of Taj in South Portland amongst the ranks of the "kind and giving" @claricesnarling.bsky.social www.pressherald.com/2025/11/12/t...
Taj in South Portland sets up refrigerator for free meals
The Indian restaurant has been a hospitality industry restaurant leader in the fight against food insecurity.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
If you spend too much time in a negative online culture, you might forget about how kind and giving many people are. Count the owners of Taj in South Portland amongst the ranks of the "kind and giving" @claricesnarling.bsky.social www.pressherald.com/2025/11/12/t...
The HAL-9000 says AI should be Person of the Year
"We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error," HAL-9000 @claricesnarling.bsky.social @tlazarczyk.bsky.social
"We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error," HAL-9000 @claricesnarling.bsky.social @tlazarczyk.bsky.social
Just realized that TIME magazine is probably going to do something dumb and name AI as the Person of the Year, isn't it?
November 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The HAL-9000 says AI should be Person of the Year
"We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error," HAL-9000 @claricesnarling.bsky.social @tlazarczyk.bsky.social
"We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error," HAL-9000 @claricesnarling.bsky.social @tlazarczyk.bsky.social
It's a hoagie-ful life, indeed. @claricesnarling.bsky.social @tlazarczyk.bsky.social
Sandwich Guy thanks everyone for their support, “emotional, spiritual, artistic or financial.” Intones, “Let us not forget that the great seal of the United States says…‘ out of many, one.’…You all have a right to live a life that is free.”
November 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
It's a hoagie-ful life, indeed. @claricesnarling.bsky.social @tlazarczyk.bsky.social
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New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
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Samantha Merrill of North Berwick, Maine said her health insurance premiums would nearly triple if the tax credits aren't extended, costing nearly 25% of her annual income @hcrichardson.bsky.social @cpalosky.bsky.social @larrylevitt.bsky.social #mepolitics www.pressherald.com/2025/10/31/h...
Health insurance premiums for ACA plans set to skyrocket in Maine if tax credits expire
Whether to extend the subsidies is at the center of the federal shutdown fight.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Samantha Merrill of North Berwick, Maine said her health insurance premiums would nearly triple if the tax credits aren't extended, costing nearly 25% of her annual income @hcrichardson.bsky.social @cpalosky.bsky.social @larrylevitt.bsky.social #mepolitics www.pressherald.com/2025/10/31/h...
Davis Schneider will hit a home run on the first pitch and also give you 75% off the love seat (no payments for 90 days) if you buy the dining room set #mlb #worldseries
davis schneider rules he looks like yacht rock as a person
October 30, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Davis Schneider will hit a home run on the first pitch and also give you 75% off the love seat (no payments for 90 days) if you buy the dining room set #mlb #worldseries
My Gen X mind all game had been thinking who does Davis Schneider from Blue Jays remind me of? It’s Schneider from One Day at a Time! #worldseries #mlb
a blue jays baseball player swings his bat
ALT: a blue jays baseball player swings his bat
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October 30, 2025 at 3:12 AM
My Gen X mind all game had been thinking who does Davis Schneider from Blue Jays remind me of? It’s Schneider from One Day at a Time! #worldseries #mlb
Also, Gov. Mills announced $1.25 million to be sent to food pantries in anticipation of SNAP cuts @randybillings.bsky.social reporting
BREAKING: Maine Gov. Janet Mills said state will consider using state dollars to cover SNAP costs for November, after Trump admin. announced that no SNAP benefits would be paid in Nov. due to shutdown #mepolitics www.pressherald.com/2025/10/29/m...
Maine Gov. Janet Mills ‘considering all options’ to respond to loss of SNAP
Options include calling a special session of the Legislature and tapping the state's $1 billion rainy day fund so roughly 170,000 Mainers don't lose federal food assistance.
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October 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Also, Gov. Mills announced $1.25 million to be sent to food pantries in anticipation of SNAP cuts @randybillings.bsky.social reporting
BREAKING: Maine Gov. Janet Mills said state will consider using state dollars to cover SNAP costs for November, after Trump admin. announced that no SNAP benefits would be paid in Nov. due to shutdown #mepolitics www.pressherald.com/2025/10/29/m...
Maine Gov. Janet Mills ‘considering all options’ to respond to loss of SNAP
Options include calling a special session of the Legislature and tapping the state's $1 billion rainy day fund so roughly 170,000 Mainers don't lose federal food assistance.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
BREAKING: Maine Gov. Janet Mills said state will consider using state dollars to cover SNAP costs for November, after Trump admin. announced that no SNAP benefits would be paid in Nov. due to shutdown #mepolitics www.pressherald.com/2025/10/29/m...
Maine Sen. Susan Collins said she has not seen the replacement plans. @rachelohm.bsky.social reporting www.pressherald.com/2025/10/24/k...
King, Pingree criticize Trump’s demolition of East Wing to make way for ballroom
Rep. Jared Golden said he is not opposed to a ballroom but also raised concerns about the demolition process, while Sen. Susan Collins said she has not seen the plans that have been questioned by hist...
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October 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Maine Sen. Susan Collins said she has not seen the replacement plans. @rachelohm.bsky.social reporting www.pressherald.com/2025/10/24/k...
Super mega congrats!
He's here!! 6lb 13oz of cuteness. Everyone is happy and healthy.
October 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Super mega congrats!
Refs in the Bills-Pats game seem so happy calling all those penalties. Glad they are having fun throwing all that bright yellow laundry #SNF
October 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Refs in the Bills-Pats game seem so happy calling all those penalties. Glad they are having fun throwing all that bright yellow laundry #SNF
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ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
September 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
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BREAKING: President Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence.
Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence
President Donald Trump is using the platform of the presidency to promote unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without giving new evidence.
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September 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
BREAKING: President Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence.
Regarding Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Gov. Janet Mills, (D) a potential Collins challenger, said “I have serious disagreements with many of her votes, but that’s for another day to discuss,” to reporters on Wednesday @rachelohm.bsky.social reporting #mepolitics www.pressherald.com/2025/09/10/g...
Gov. Mills mum on reports that she is interviewing staff for a Senate campaign
During a visit to Sanford on Wednesday, the governor said again that she is 'seriously considering' a run for U.S. Senate, but did not address media reports from Washington, D.C., that she is intervie...
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September 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Regarding Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Gov. Janet Mills, (D) a potential Collins challenger, said “I have serious disagreements with many of her votes, but that’s for another day to discuss,” to reporters on Wednesday @rachelohm.bsky.social reporting #mepolitics www.pressherald.com/2025/09/10/g...
OK, but that still doesn't explain Atlanta Falcons fans. @bomani-jones.bsky.social @tlazarczyk.bsky.social
The great sportswriter Roger Angell made that argument about sports fandom in his article about the 1975 World Series for The New Yorker. And he was right.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/197...
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September 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
OK, but that still doesn't explain Atlanta Falcons fans. @bomani-jones.bsky.social @tlazarczyk.bsky.social
Another great column by Press Herald's Leslie Bridgers www.pressherald.com/2025/09/03/m...
Mainers have many different methods for dealing with ticks
Experts say there's only one right way to remove a tick, but what you do with it after is mostly up to you.
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September 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Another great column by Press Herald's Leslie Bridgers www.pressherald.com/2025/09/03/m...
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Kennedy “is trying to fully dismantle the nation’s vaccination apparatus, regardless of what science says or what most people want. And less than a year into his tenure as health secretary, he is succeeding brilliantly.” We are all at deep risk unless we push Congress to actually act. NOW.
Opinion | The Public Health Disaster Everyone Saw Coming
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August 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Kennedy “is trying to fully dismantle the nation’s vaccination apparatus, regardless of what science says or what most people want. And less than a year into his tenure as health secretary, he is succeeding brilliantly.” We are all at deep risk unless we push Congress to actually act. NOW.
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One of several top CDC officials to leave their post this week—after Kennedy fired the agency’s director for refusing to “rubberstamp unscientific, reckless directives"—is telling all.
Including that Kennedy has never been briefed by any of the center’s scientists on major diseases. trib.al/j3PrEDR
Including that Kennedy has never been briefed by any of the center’s scientists on major diseases. trib.al/j3PrEDR
CDC Official Makes Shocking Confession About RFK Jr.’s Intel
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is in total chaos—and a recently departed leader is telling all.
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August 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
One of several top CDC officials to leave their post this week—after Kennedy fired the agency’s director for refusing to “rubberstamp unscientific, reckless directives"—is telling all.
Including that Kennedy has never been briefed by any of the center’s scientists on major diseases. trib.al/j3PrEDR
Including that Kennedy has never been briefed by any of the center’s scientists on major diseases. trib.al/j3PrEDR